US EditionApple Reportedly Fights UK Government's 'Unacceptable' Encryption Order Behind Closed Doors — No Press Or Public Allowed - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
- Ten UK news organizations were denied access to a tribunal hearing about Apple's appeal against a Technical Compliance Notice issued by the Home Office, which requires Apple to allow access to user data.
- Apple's TCN from the Home Office restricts its Advanced Data Protection feature, compromising user security, and led to the abandonment of the feature in the UK.
- Civil rights groups Liberty and Privacy International are challenging the TCN, arguing it undermines encryption, which is essential for privacy and free expression, and have called for the case to be heard publicly.
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Apple Reportedly Fights UK Government's 'Unacceptable' Encryption Order Behind Closed Doors — No Press Or Public Allowed - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple reportedly challenged a secretive UK government order to weaken iCloud encryption in a closed-door hearing, sparking global privacy concerns and criticism from civil liberties groups.
Press shut out of Home Office’s Snoopers’ Charter Apple encryption tribunal
Representatives for ten top UK news organisations spent Friday unsuccessfully camped outside the doors of a secret tribunal waiting to argue an “unprecedented” appeal over access to Apple users’ data underway inside must be heard in public. They say it is “outrageous” and “absurd” that the appeal, over the UK Government’s ability to access Apple customers’ encrypted data under the so-called “Snoopers’ Charter”, is being held in secret despite “o…
Media denied entry to tribunal thought to be about Apple and Government data row
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal sat in private for an all-day hearing. The media has been barred from attending a tribunal hearing which was reportedly part of Apple’s legal action against the Government. On Friday, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a specialist tribunal which deals with allegations of unlawful intrusion and complaints against the security services, sat in private for an all-day hearing. The BBC previously reported that the h…
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